Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower: Volume 5 [Complete] by Miri Mikawa

Author:Miri Mikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, princess, fantasy, drama, romance, j-novel heart, cooking, royalty, female protagonist, history, personal growth
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

It was a blatant act of condemnation. Rimi’s finger was trembling. She had no idea if this would go unpunished. But at this point, she had no other option.

“This is my answer to the Minister of Justice’s question. Are my answers and means...” Rimi cut herself short and took a breath before slowly continuing. “Are they acceptable?” Rimi said. She had no confidence in her answer, and she couldn’t stop herself from seeking reassurance from the audience.

The hall went dead quiet. Rimi had just asked the question—whether her answers were acceptable. Whether she had their approval.

After a moment of silence, a voice could be heard from the very back of the hall—“Aye.” Then, like a contagion, one “aye” after another started rushing from the crowd as the officials bowed down. The voices grew and echoed through the hall, until Kojin, Keiyu, Rihan, and the Minister of Works at the front row also gave a deep bows and said, “Aye.” The Minister of Personnel and his accomplices had frustrated looks on their faces, but they too lowered their heads and said, “Aye.”

Rimi watched the scene unfold in a daze, not processing what was happening, before she finally realized her mistake.

Oh no, I did it wrong.

At the end of the third round of the Executive Audience, the prospective empress was to ask, “Have I your approval?”—“Am I acceptable as the empress?”—but Rimi had instead asked, “Are they acceptable?”—“Have they your approval?”

Still, the officials had answered. They had said “aye” in response to Rimi’s question, thus expressing their approval of her.

As Rimi vacantly looked out at the bowing officials, she felt a hand gently tapping her on the shoulder.

“Rimi, come,” Shohi said, having descended from the throne and walked up to her. His eyes were happy. “You did well. Now, we only need to make our exit. Come with me.”

Rimi tried to stand up and walk, but her knees were shaking so much that it took all her strength just to stand up from the chair.

“You sure are a handful,” Shohi said softly with a smile before lifting her.

“Your Majesty?! You can’t!” Rimi exclaimed in shock.

“Can you walk, then?” Shohi asked with a teasing smile.

“W-Well... No...”

“Then do not complain.”

🏶

She made it through. Well done, Rimi, Shusei thought as he breathed a sigh of relief.

I Bunryo’s eyes had grown cold in the shadow of the curtains. His hands became limp, and Shusei was able to remove his hand from the man’s grasp.

“Excuse me, Director I,” Shusei said with a bow. “A distant relative of mine that I am tutoring is just about to return. I need to accompany her.”

“I have tasks given to me by the four consorts that I need to carry out, so I also need to excuse myself,” Hakurei said, bowing similarly.

Hakurei attempted to leave alongside Shusei when Bunryo grasped his shoulder.

“Wait, Hakurei! Why are you leaving?!” Bunryo yelled.

“I have work to attend to,” Hakurei explained.

“You cannot leave. You must escort me to the rear palace. Once there, I have a task for you.

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